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“I decided to pull myself up because I couldn’t accept a lower quality of life either physically or emotionally”

Asthma
COPD

“I decided to pull myself up because I couldn’t accept a lower quality of life either physically or emotionally”

Oct 28, 2019 • 2 comments

Walking, losing weight and carefully following his doctor’s orders: when faced with COPD, Joel refused to let the condition get him down! In his testimonial he talks about his fight to live a normal and joyful life.

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Expert Interview: All you wanted to know about Occupational Therapy

Expert Interview: All you wanted to know about Occupational Therapy

Oct 24, 2019

Occupational therapist, Jessica Saint-Martin’s helps patients re-master their everyday tasks, giving them a renewed sense of autonomy. She accepted to talk to us about the benefits her profession provides to patients.

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What is Biologic Therapy? Focus on Inflammatory Diseases

Ankylosing spondylitis
Crohn's disease
Psoriasis
Psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Ulcerative colitis

What is Biologic Therapy? Focus on Inflammatory Diseases

Oct 24, 2019

To reduce the severity of psoriasis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease or even polyarthritis symptoms, some physicians may prescribe biologic therapy. But how does it work?

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Multiple sclerosis and misdiagnosis: One patient’s long journey

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis and misdiagnosis: One patient’s long journey

Oct 21, 2019 • 1 comment

The sooner patients begin treatment, the better the long term prognosis. But Chrystele had to wait 26 years…

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Ankylosing Spondylitis: A long wait for treatments that barely work

Ankylosing spondylitis
Arthritis

Ankylosing Spondylitis: A long wait for treatments that barely work

Oct 17, 2019

Carole went from physician to physician before finally finding one who took her chronic pain seriously. But even after she was properly diagnosed, the relief she hoped for never arrived!

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Osteoporosis and Diet: Our Tips

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis and Diet: Our Tips

Oct 15, 2019

Are you or a loved one living with osteoporosis? Use our guide to make simple changes to your diet to help reduce symptom severity and avoid complications.

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Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnosis as told by Carenity Community Members

Psoriatic arthritis

Psoriatic Arthritis Diagnosis as told by Carenity Community Members

Oct 14, 2019

50% of responding members said they were "determined to fight the disease" after they received their psoriatic arthritis diagnosis. Read more about Carenity members' experiences with their psoriatic arthritis diagnosis and share your own.

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Carenity members share about their Parkinson's disease diagnosis experience

Parkinson's disease

Carenity members share about their Parkinson's disease diagnosis experience

Oct 7, 2019

28% of responding members said they felt "lost" when they received their Parkinson's disease diagnosis. Read more about Carenity members' experiences with their Parkinson's disease diagnosis and share your own.

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Hodgkin lymphoma: symptoms, chemotherapy, nutrition and family support

Cancer
Hodgkin lymphoma

Hodgkin lymphoma: symptoms, chemotherapy, nutrition and family support

Oct 3, 2019

Isabelle's son was only 23 years old when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Thanks to effective treatments and an adapted diet, it is now in remission. His mother shares the journey of her and her son and how cancer has changed her family's...

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"I learned to breathe and manage stress better in the face of COPD."

COPD
Emphysema
Pulmonary Hypertension

"I learned to breathe and manage stress better in the face of COPD."

Oct 2, 2019 • 1 comment

Respiratory rehabilitation may have saved the life of Maria, a member of Carenity suffering from stage 3 COPD.

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Working Life, COPD and depression: "We are sick, but we are not useless."

COPD
Depression

Working Life, COPD and depression: "We are sick, but we are not useless."

Sep 15, 2019 • 1 comment

It's not impossible to keep working when you're sick. This saved Pascale from depression!

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Symptoms, support, and isolation: a couple facing Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

Symptoms, support, and isolation: a couple facing Alzheimer's disease

Sep 14, 2019 • 3 comments

Learn more about the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease from Gisèle's story as she shares about caring for her husband with Alzheimer's and the solutions she recommends.

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